soit
Finnish
French
Pronunciation
Verb
soit
- third-person singular present subjunctive of être
- (mathematics) let be
- Soit f une fonction linéaire.
- Let f be a linear function.
Usage notes
Used in the mathematical sense, this verb form is the first word of the phrase, preceding the subject in the word order.
Conjunction
soit
- or, meaning, that is to say
- 3 en janvier, 4 en février, 5 en mars ; soit un total de 12. ― 3 in January, 4 in February, 5 in March ; or a total of 12.
Conjunction
soit ... soit
- either ... or
- Il veut adopter un animal de compagnie, soit un chat, soit un chien.
- He wants to adopt a pet, either a cat, or a dog.
- Je lui ai dit que j’aimerais reprendre un de mes vieux passe-temps, soit jouer du piano, soit apprendre une langue.
- I told him I want to take up one of my old hobbies again, be that playing the piano or learning a language.
Interjection
soit
- OK; granted; so be it
- 1965, Maurice Druon, Les Rois maudits, tome 1, Le Roi de fer, Le Livre de poche (1970), page 102:
- Philippe le Bel souleva légèrement la tête et dit :
« Mon frère, ce ne sont point des assemblées, mais des Templiers que, ce jour, nous nous occupons.
— Soit, dit Valois, occupons-nous des Templiers.- Philip the Fair raised lightly his head and said:
“My brother, it is not with assemblies, but with Knights Templar, that we concern ourselves today.”
“So be it”, said Valois, “let us concern ourselves with Knights Templar.”
- Philip the Fair raised lightly his head and said:
- 1965, Maurice Druon, Les Rois maudits, tome 1, Le Roi de fer, Le Livre de poche (1970), page 102:
Further reading
- “soit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
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